DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2784, 24 July 1907, Page 40

DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs A. Moritzaon and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, station, grain, produce, and commission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations tte subject to market fluctuations. Farmer* ar« asked, when -sending samples, 'always io put a price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers: — Wheat.— Prime milling, 4a 93 to 4s lOd; fowl wheat. 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Oats.— Milling, 3s Id; B grade, 2s lid; inferior, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Barley. — Good malting inquired for from 4k 6d to 4s 9d; pearling, 3s 6d; feed barley, 3s 3d. Ryecorn, 3s 9d to 4s. Maize, 4s. Prussian Blue peas, from 6s to 6* 6d. Partridge peas, 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Chaff. — Prime bright heavy, £5 10s ; medium, £5; inferior, £4 15s; oaten, straw, £2 15a; wheaten, £2. Clover hay, £4 15s to £6. Ryegrass. — Market remains firm. Farmers' dressed, 4s 6d to 4s 9d (scarce); machin* dressed, 5s 6d to 6s. Cocksfoot. — Market remains strong. Fax* mers' lots, 4Jd to sd; machined, 6d to 6§d. Linseed, £13 to £14. > Chewings's Fescue. — There is » e/Kid demand. Farmers' sample*, 4d; machined seed, 6d. Potatoes. — Prime, £4 10a j medium, £4. Onions. — Melbourne brown Spanish, 6s 60*. ~ We can offer a few tons of pure fish manure rich in ammonia; valuable for root or' grain crops; can be used with drill; £7 per too. Fish oil, 2s 6d gallon. Rabbitskins. — Wo hold our sales every Monday. The market remains firm. We quote: — Suckers and runners, 3d to sd; racks, 8d to lOd ; summers, full-grown, 9d to lOd ; autumns, 12d to 13 Jd; incoming ti inters, 14d to 16d; blacks, 18d to 22d; fawns, lid to 14d; winter greys, 17d to 25Jd. We supply labels. Sheepskins. — Prices are firm, and all goodconditioned ekins are readily sold. We quote r Half bred. 9d to 9£d; crossbred. B}d to 9d^ merino, 6Jd to 8d; lambs', B|d to 9Jd; pelts. 6d to 7Jd. Hides. — We hold fortnightly e*lea. Our last sale was on the 11th July. We quote: Stout ox. 7gd; heavy, 6*|d to 6Jd; medium, 5Jd to 6d; light, 4Jd to sd; cow, stout, 6d; heavy, sj^d; medium. 4Jd to 54d; Mgbt, 4Jcl tc sd; yearlings, 5Jd; stags, 3fd; calfskins, 3s 6d to 6s 6d; horsehides, 10s to 12s 64; cut and slipy hides id to lid per ?b iesp.

Horsehair. — There is a good demand foB ill? classes, especially clean^hair, which, is quoted 17d to 18Jd ; mixed, 14d to 16£ d. Cowhair.— Frqm 9Jd to 10id; cowtips, Is 6d to Is 8d per dozen Tallow. — In tins, 16s to 225. according o quality; prime white mutton, in tins, 20» a 255; prime white mutton, in casks, 20s o 255; mixed tallow, from 16s 5o 20s. Rough Fat.— From 17s lo 20s, according to quality. Storing Grain.— We are prepared to store, receive, deliver, and insure for three months free storage at 3d per sack. Grass Seed Cleaning. — We advieo farmers 111 1 consign all their eeed x> us, a& £h« cleaning will be attended to with up-to-date machinery, and the cleaned seed sold or returned free of milage. We supply new a-nd second-band! sacks, also stack and cow covers, and all other farmers' materials.

Farm Produce and Fruit. — We receive all kinds of consignments, and render account sales promptly. Walnuts. 6d to 7d. Salt butter, 9d to lOd. Fresh butter (in pate), storekeepers' lots, B}d +0 9d; l«rd. 6Jd. Eggs. Is 7d to Is Bd. Cheese —Factory, 6d ;o 6Jd; Akaroa, 6d to 6}d; loaf, 61d-

Honey. — In good demand. Section honey, new season's. 6s 6d to 9s dozen Hulk, larg* tine, 4d to 41d; small tins, 4&d to 4?d. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is 6d. Hams. 9d. Bacon— Roll, 8d to BJd; tides, 6d to 74 Mow of salei.

Pigs. — Porkers, up to SA; first-class bsvconers, up io 1701b, 54; over weights," 4d to 4ja. - Poultry for Export— Free of railage, if consigned to the Agricultural Department. Fowls, 2s to .2s 6d; chickens, 3s 3d to 4s; geeee, 4s 6d to Ss; ducks, 9s 6d to 8s 6d; turkeys, 5d to 7d. Further particulars on application. Poultry for Jiocal Consumption.— Hens, 2s «a to 3s 6d; roosters, 4s to ss; ducks, 4s 6d to 6s; geese, 3s' to 4s'. jFruit. — In good demand.